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13 produkter
Active Vision
The Psychology of Looking and Seeing
Av Iain D Gilchrist, John M Findlay
E-bok, 2003
1176 kr
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More than one third of the human brain is devoted to the processes of seeing - vision is after all the main way in which we gather information about the world. But human vision is a dynamic process during which the eyes continually sample the environment. Where most books on vision consider it as a …
Active Vision
The Psychology of Looking and Seeing
Av John M Findlay, Iain D Gilchrist
Häftad, 2003
1689 kr
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More than one third of the human brain is devoted to the processes of seeing - vision is after all the main way in which we gather information about the world. But human vision is a dynamic process during which the eyes continually sample the environment. Where most books on vision consider it as a …
Atomic Frontier Days
Hanford and the American West
Av Bruce W. Hevly, John M. Findlay
E-bok, 2011
625 kr
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Outstanding Title by Choice Magazine On the banks of the Pacific Northwest’s greatest river lies the Hanford nuclear reservation, an industrial site that appears to be at odds with the surrounding vineyards and desert. The 586-square-mile compound on the Columbia River is known both for its origins …
Atomic West
Av Bruce W. Hevly, John M. Findlay
Häftad, 1998
474 kr
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The Manhattan Project—the World War II race to produce an atomic bomb—transformed the entire country in myriad ways, but it did not affect each region equally. Acting on an enduring perception of the American West as an “empty” place, the U.S. government located a disproportionate number of nuclear …
Power and Place in the North American West
Av Richard White, John M. Findlay
Häftad, 1999
594 kr
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Western historians continue to seek new ways of understanding the particular mixture of physical territory, human actions, outside influences, and unique expectations that has made the North American West what it is today. This collection of twelve essays tackles the subject of power and place from …
Parallel Destinies
Canadian-American Relations West of the Rockies
Av John M. Findlay, Kenneth S. Coates
Häftad, 2002
594 kr
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The Canadian West and the American Northwest offer a valuable setting for considering issues of borders and borderlands. The regions contain certain similarities, and during the first half of the nineteenth century they were even grouped together as a distinct political and economic unit, called …
Atomic Frontier Days
Hanford and the American West
Av John M. Findlay, Bruce W. Hevly
Häftad, 2011
552 kr
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Outstanding Title by Choice MagazineOn the banks of the Pacific Northwest’s greatest river lies the Hanford nuclear reservation, an industrial site that appears to be at odds with the surrounding vineyards and desert. The 586-square-mile compound on the Columbia River is known both for its origins …
Parallel Destinies
Canadian-American Relations West of the Rockies
Av John M. Findlay, Kenneth S. Coates
Inbunden, 2015
1750 kr
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The Canadian West and the American Northwest offer a valuable setting for considering issues of borders and borderlands. The regions contain certain similarities, and during the first half of the nineteenth century they were even grouped together as a distinct political and economic unit, called …
Power and Place in the North American West
Av Richard White, John M. Findlay
Inbunden, 2015
1929 kr
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Western historians continue to seek new ways of understanding the particular mixture of physical territory, human actions, outside influences, and unique expectations that has made the North American West what it is today. This collection of twelve essays tackles the subject of power and place from …
Eye Movement Research
Mechanisms, Processes and Applications
Av Findlay, John M. Findlay m. fl.
Inbunden, 1995
2753 kr
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This volume contains selected and edited papers from the 7th European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM 7) held in Durham, UK on August 31-September 3 1993. The volume is organized as follows:- Invited Lectures, Pursuit and Co-Ordination, Saccade and Fixation Control, Oculomotor Physiology, …
Magic Lands
Western Cityscapes and American Culture After 1940
Häftad, 1992
441 kr
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The American West conjures up images of pastoral tranquility and wide open spaces, but by 1970 the Far West was the most urbanized section of the country. Exploring four intriguing cityscapes - Disneyland, Stanford Industrial Park, Sun City, and the 1962 Seattle World's Fair - John Findlay shows …
Mobilized American West, 1940–2000
Inbunden, 2023
708 kr
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In the years between 1940 and 2000, the American Far West went from being a relative backwater of the United States to a considerably more developed, modern, and prosperous region-one capable of influencing not just the nation but the world. By the dawn of the twenty-first century, the population …
Parallel Destinies
Canadian-American Relations West of the Rockies
Av John M. Findlay, Ken Coates
Häftad, 2002
426 kr
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Essays consider both the nineteenth century, when the international border had limited power to restrict the movement of Native peoples, financial capital, or settlers' racist attitudes, and the strengthened boundary of the twentieth century, with its disputes over salmon runs, free trade, and …
